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Spotting Report: A Day and a Half at Phuket International Airport

Spotting Report: A Day and a Half at Phuket International Airport

After flying from Tokyo to Seoul onboard an Asiana A380, then to Bangkok on a Thai Airways 777-300ER, and finally to Phuket on a 747-400, it was finally time for the main activity of the trip – plane spotting at Phuket airport. The First Day: Catching ‘My’ Jumbo’s Departure Yukihiro arrived before me, and so […]

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Japan Airlines Outlines Its Plans to Start a Medium and Long-Haul Low-Cost Carrier in 2020

Japan Airlines Outlines Its Plans to Start a Medium and Long-Haul Low-Cost Carrier in 2020

In a press release published yesterday, Japan Airlines outlined its plans to start a new medium and long-haul low-cost carrier. The airline’s intent to start such an airline has been known for several weeks, but some new important details solidifying the plan were announced yesterday. JAL’s New Medium and Long-Haul Low-Cost Carrier While the new

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Flight Review: Thai Airways 747-400 Business Class from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Phuket

Flight Review: Thai Airways 747-400 Business Class from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Phuket

Flight Information Date: March 20, 2018 Flight No.: TG203 Route: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Phuket International Airline: Thai Airways Type: Boeing 747-400 Registration: HS-TGG The last flight of my spotting trip to Phuket before I got to actually enjoy the spotting part was a quick domestic hop from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Phuket. The flight was operated by Thai

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Lounge Review: Thai Airways Domestic Royal Silk Lounge at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi

Review: Thai Airways Domestic Royal Silk Lounge at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Considering that Thai Airways operates quite a few domestic flights out of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport every day, many of them with wide-bodies, it is no surprise that it runs a fairly large domestic business class lounge there. As I had plenty of time to spare at the airport before taking my 8:30AM business class flight

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Thai Airways 777-300ER Seat in Bed Mode

Flight Review: Thai Airways 777-300ER Business Class from Seoul to Bangkok via Taipei

Flight Information Date: March 19, 2018 Flight No.: TG635 Route: Seoul Incheon to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (via Taipei Taoyuan) Airline: Thai Airways Type: Boeing 777-300ER Registration: HS-TKP The second flight of my trip to Phuket – from Seoul to Bangkok via Taipei – was originally scheduled to be operated by Thai Airways 777-200 configured with old-generation business class

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Asiana Airlines A380 Business Class Cabin

Flight Review: Asiana Airlines A380-800 Business Class from Tokyo Narita to Seoul Incheon

Flight Information Date: March 19, 2018 Flight No.: OZ101 Route: Tokyo Narita to Seoul Incheon Airline: Asiana Airlines Type: Airbus A380-800 Registration: HL7641 The first flight of my March spotting trip to Phuket took me from Tokyo Narita to Seoul Incheon airport onboard Asiana Airlines Airbus A380-800. While I flew on the plane before to and from

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